Columbine Gunman's Parents Fight Lawsuit

The parents of Columbine High School killer Dylan
Klebold have asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit filed against
them by families of victims, saying they are not to blame for their
son’s actions.

In their response to an amended version of the complaint, Thomas
and Susan Klebold denied they helped cause the carnage at Columbine
by failing to properly supervise their son.

The Klebolds’ lawyers filed the response in U.S. District Court
in Denver on Wednesday and it was made available Friday.

Klebold and Eric Harris, both seniors, attacked their school in
Littleton on April 20, 1999, fatally shooting 12 students and a
teacher and wounding two dozen others before killing themselves.

The lawsuit was filed by relatives of Daniel Rohrbough, Kelly
Fleming, Matthew Kechter, Lauren Townsend, Kyle Velasquez and
Cassie Bernall. All six were killed in the massacre.

Deny Claims of Victims’ Families

The Klebolds are among several defendants, who include Harris’
parents, Jefferson County sheriff’s officials and three people
accused of providing the teenagers with the guns they used in the
shootings.

The Klebolds denied the victims’ families’ claim that they knew
or should have known their son’s inclination to carry out the
attack.

They also denied claims they failed in their duties by allowing
their son to amass weapons and build bombs in their home, associate
with Harris and “author extremist writings of a hateful nature.”

The Klebolds have issued two written statements apologizing for
the pain and suffering their son caused, once shortly after the
massacre and once in the days before its anniversary.

On Wednesday, Mark Manes, who is serving a 6-year term for
providing a gun to Harris and Klebold when they were minors,
responded to four lawsuits against him, denying his negligence led
to the deaths and injuries.